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Put-Together Patterns

Monday, April 15, 2024 | Sue Liedke

When a Sean Scully exhibition came to Philadelphia, I was excited to introduce my students to his bold, large-scale work. The paintings we looked at were massive—wall-sized panels featuring brig ...

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A Contemporary Creative Process

Monday, April 15, 2024 | Ruth Byrne

I love heading outside and teaching landscape art en plein air, but last year my landscape plans were given a contemporary twist through the work and artistic process of painter, writer, and teaching ...

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Exploring Alternative Mark-Making

Monday, April 15, 2024 | Frank Juárez

This project came at the perfect time, after my Drawing Intensive students had completed a large-scale realistic drawing assignment. I wanted to give them the freedom to experiment in their mark-makin ...

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Tondo-Inspired Abstract Paintings

Monday, April 15, 2024 | Sunnylee Mowery

Anyone studying contemporary art will notice that many modern visual artists use adaptation in their work. Adaptation can be a difficult concept for young artists to grasp. It has become so ubiquitous ...

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Unwanted Artwork Olympics

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | Annie Zirin

I have a rule in my art room that students are not allowed to throw their “mistakes” in the trash. If they are working on a piece and decide they don’t like it, it goes in the Unwant ...

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Collaborative Learning through Design

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | Janine Campbell

This collaboration was developed during the 2020–2021 school year, when the pandemic made working together a challenge. With the implementation of Google Docs and Google Drawings, the barriers t ...

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Much More Than Recess with Crayons

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | Melissa Purtee

Have you ever heard TAB referred to as “recess with crayons”? The idea that TAB is a free-for-all or lacks educational value doesn’t represent the learning and engagement in the thou ...

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Co-Editor’s Letter: Choice

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | Clyde Gaw

The short time that students spend in art class during the school year might be the only time they can fully experience their role as intentional artists. Personal interests and autobiographical event ...

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Choice Sketchbooks

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | Nicole S. Herbst

After twenty-seven years of teaching art, I was thrilled to be granted permission to offer an art class based solely on the creation of a sketchbook art journal. The idea is for students to be evaluat ...

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Co-Editors’ Letter: Mindfulness

Monday, February 12, 2024 | Jane Dalton and Kristi Oliver

Both mindfulness and art cultivate present-moment awareness of the breath, the body, thoughts, emotions, and creative impulses. The aim of this issue is to provide purposeful experiences to enhance se ...

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Redrawing the Classroom as a Model of Mindfulness

Monday, February 12, 2024 | Dani Schechner

Welcome to our art lab. Take a seat and close your eyes. Breathe in through your mouth. Let the air go through your throat, chest, and stomach. Expand your stomach with air so it becomes as big as it ...

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The Gratitude Project

Monday, February 12, 2024 | Tim Needles

The best mindfulness projects are the ones that impact the culture in a meaningful way; the Gratitude Project is one such project. A few years ago, my school district implemented a social-emotional le ...

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The Flower of Life

Monday, February 12, 2024 | Raine Dawn Valentine

The Flower of Life is a symbolic representation of life and the interconnectedness of all things. It is associated with the Sacred Geometry school of thought, an ancient science that studies the spiri ...

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Mindfulness Meditation: 5-4-3-2-1

Monday, February 12, 2024 | Jane Dalton

The 5-4-3-2-1 technique calls for students to pay attention, look around the classroom, and find five things they can see, four things they can touch, three things they can hear, two things they can s ...

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Co-Editor’s Letter: Design

Thursday, December 14, 2023 | Jane B. Montero

Incorporating design into our curriculum not only strengthens our programs but also produces higher-level thinkers who are technologically creative and innovative. In response to the growing number of ...

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Teaching Animation in the Elementary Classroom

Thursday, December 14, 2023 | Illya Tolbert

Animation is a way for students to express themselves in a unique and visual manner. It also promotes digital literacy by introducing them to software and techniques that they’ll need to know in ...

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Put-Together Patterns

A Contemporary Creative Process

Exploring Alternative Mark-Making

Tondo-Inspired Abstract Paintings

Unwanted Artwork Olympics

Collaborative Learning through Design

Much More Than Recess with Crayons

Co-Editor’s Letter: Choice

Choice Sketchbooks

Co-Editors’ Letter: Mindfulness

Redrawing the Classroom as a Model of Mindfulness

The Gratitude Project

The Flower of Life

Mindfulness Meditation: 5-4-3-2-1

Co-Editor’s Letter: Design

Teaching Animation in the Elementary Classroom

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